Riggleman is going to do a good job of taking the Nats to a 5-10 stretch. Just stop playing the guy. He is useless and doesn't provide anything. Apparently, based of some remarks, he is negatively harming the team. I thought Rizzo was a smart guy. If he was, he would tell the Lerner Family about the concept of sunk cost, which I have to guess that billionaire businessmen understand, and how it needs to apply in this situation.

Riggleman is going to do a good job of taking the Nats to a 5-10 stretch. Just stop playing the guy. He is useless and doesn't provide anything. Apparently, based of some remarks, he is negatively harming the team. I thought Rizzo was a smart guy. If he was, he would tell the Lerner Family about the concept of sunk cost, which I have to guess that billionaire businessmen understand, and how it needs to apply in this situation.

I guess they seem to think his .224 OBP will serve the heart of the order well.

Not that Kennedy's .234 is much better... but his .180 BABIP makes me believe he's hitting into some bad luck. Guzman is posting a .224 with a .270 BABIP. Ouch.

I agree - Kennedy has been hitting better recently and he is better than Guz in the field. Guz can only play if his bat is hot b/c he does not draw walks. He is a streaky guy, so when he is cold (such as right now), I would sit him for a while.

I don't think it is a good idea to listen to the worst hitter on your team. Listen to the good hitters like Zim or Dunn.

Federal Baseball (FB): You beat out Cristian Guzman (for the starting job at short) coming out of Spring Training, but he's still found a way to get in the lineup and make a contribution, have you learned anything from watching him play every day?

Ian Desmond: "I've been watching him since 2005, you know. The guy's a gamer. He knows how to play the game the right way, and his approach at the plate, everyone on the team could learn something from him, especially me. He's aggressive, he swings at balls in the zone, he's not really worried about walking or striking out, those numbers don't matter to him. He just wants to get up there and hit, which is good. I try to be aggressive like him and I try to play the game with the same type of energy and life that he has."http://www.federalbaseball.com/2010/4/24/1441387/washington-nationals-ian-desmond

Really feel like this is an important game if we want to win this series. Livan is due for a bad outing... but I'm hoping its not tonight!

Adam Madison, Special to ESPN.com and their Fantasy Baseball writer, agrees with you in today's report:

"It should go without saying that you don't want anything to do with Livan Hernandez, but his ownership has increased 10 percent in the past week, so maybe not. Hernandez's ERA and WHIP are still sterling, but he's struck out just 10 batters in 31 innings. He has the lowest batting average on balls in play in the league at .177 and isn't limiting his fly balls nor inducing ground balls particularly well. In short, it's a fluke, and if you pick him up hoping to milk him for all he's worth, the egg on your face will be entirely of your own doing. NL-only leagues don't have much of a choice but to throw him out there, but mixed leagues of any size should stay far away."

****************************************On the other hand, the Braves SUCK this year!

(Image removed from quote.)Adam Madison, Special to ESPN.com and their Fantasy Baseball writer, agrees with you in today's report:

"It should go without saying that you don't want anything to do with Livan Hernandez, but his ownership has increased 10 percent in the past week, so maybe not. Hernandez's ERA and WHIP are still sterling, but he's struck out just 10 batters in 31 innings. He has the lowest batting average on balls in play in the league at .177 and isn't limiting his fly balls nor inducing ground balls particularly well.In short, it's a fluke, and if you pick him up hoping to milk him for all he's worth, the egg on your face will be entirely of your own doing. NL-only leagues don't have much of a choice but to throw him out there, but mixed leagues of any size should stay far away."

****************************************On the other hand, the Braves SUCK this year!

His line drive % has dropped from around 25 to around 14. Which probably does more to explain his success than any other single stat.